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Leon Lee

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The Mira Hotel Friday April 30

The Mamas Gun spaceship touched down at the swanky Mira Hotel on Friday night and they brought along their feel good tunes. Under the glimmering chandeliers of the ballroom, a diverse crowd of the young and the old, locals and foreigners alike grooved and swayed to tracks from the group’s first album, Routes To Riches.

The band kept the atmosphere light and made it hard for anyone not to enjoy themselves. We particularly enjoyed the 10-second freeze by the whole band mid-way through Bitch. They did a good job mixing up the selection of songs, constantly changing between up tempo songs and slower ones, never letting the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd die down.

Lead singer Andy Platts sounded as good live as he does on the album. Showing his Hong Kong roots, he sang a verse of their hit Yesterday’s News in Cantonese. Although his pronunciation was a little rusty, the crowd ate it up anyway, cheering for each line.

The British quintet had the crowd whoo-hooing and na-na-naing all night long and Hong Kong showed it knew how to get down and funky.

Setlist

Rico
Wishing
You Are The Music
Finger On It
Pots of Gold
Let's Find A way
Big Betty
Yesterday's News
House On A Hill
Bitch
Psycho Territory
(Encore) Yes We Can Can (Alain Toussant cover)
(Encore) Supa Sneakers

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